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As the media we’re exposed to feel increasingly rootless, we’ll instinctively reach for things that root us in time and place. Small local markers that become breadcrumbs back home. As the question shifts from “what’s beautiful?” to “who says this is beautiful?”, the answer feels increasingly clear: that choice is still in our hands.
The Anti-Slop Aesthetic - by cole - hyphen
When everything must justify itself worthy of attention, paying attention to things that do not require attention at all becomes an act of creativity.
The Anti-Slop Aesthetic - by cole - hyphen
Micro-design elements signal grounding in time and place. That hyperlocality becomes proof of life.
The Anti-Slop Aesthetic - by cole - hyphen
Clarifying what work and metrics can be included in portfolio or resume
To Leave a Company
“Technology needs to work for people,” he said. “But there’s this idea that companies should be free to innovate in whatever way they like, even if it doesn’t lead to societally beneficial outcomes.”
‘Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy - The Hill Times
“We’ve seen this movie before. Cory Doctorow calls it ‘enshittification’: platforms attract users with attractive ‘free’ products, lock them in, then systematically degrade the experience to extract maximum value,” the report reads.
‘Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy - The Hill Times
Doctorow, a writer and activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, coined the term “enshittification” to describe what he believes is a trend of social media and other tech firms disrupting an industry with a new product, grabbing an overwhelming portion of the market share, and then slowly—and intentionally—deteriorating the product to the detriment of individual users and, more generally, society.
‘Anything that can't go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy - The Hill Times